Date: 6/23/26 3:33 am From: Robert McLean (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Merlin being giant data hog, but "data and documents" files not accessible - advice?
Hi Betsy,
Just a possible suggestion:
Remove the app altogether. If given the option click YES to remove all data. It is probably corrupt. Install it again. (I would wait a couple of days before installing although that’s probably not necessary)
Good birding!
Taylor McLean
Baltimore, MD
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 22, 2026, at 10:09 PM, Betsy Kane <carolinabirds...> wrote:
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> Merlin is soaking up 200G of storage on my phone, of which most is "data and documents". Only a very small fraction is the app itself, per my phone's memory usage data.
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> I go into Merlin to see my data and documents. Click on Sound Recordings -- nothing comes up. (This isn't new -- I haven't been able to access any sound recordings in Merlin in years)
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> I would like to delete my "data and documents" for Merlin since I can't access them anyway and really need the 200G of storage for other things, like the operating system.
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> This is on an iPhone.
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> (I don't think it's a bunch of bird packs because I have already offloaded the ones I'm not using. Only the Southeast pack shows anyway)
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> Appreciate any advice on how to shed 200 Gigs.
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> Betsy Kane
> Washington, N.C.
